Psychiatrist Henry Jarecki says he had 'consensual' relationship with Jeffrey Epstein victim – NBC Chicago

• Psychiatrist, former commodities trader and entrepreneur Henry Jarecki said he had a “consensual, non-secretive, mutually respectful relationship” with a victim of Jeffrey Epstein.
• The woman is now suing Jarecki in New York federal court for allegedly raping and sexually exploiting her.
• The lawsuit accuses Jarecki of “forcing her to become his modern-day sex slave” after Epstein sent her to his home to treat her for depression that she claimed was the result of Epstein's sexual abuse .

Famed psychiatrist and former commodities trader Henry Jarecki said Wednesday that he had a “consensual, non-secretive, mutually respectful relationship” with a Jeffrey Epstein victim who is now suing Jarecki for allegedly raping and sex trafficking her.

Jarecki, 91, said the consensual relationship with the woman took place more than a decade ago.

His accuser was among a group of women who received compensation from a fund established for victims of convicted sex offender Epstein, his lawyer told CNBC.

Jarecki's statement, sent to CNBC by his lawyer Sarita Kedia, came two days after Epstein's victim, identified as Jane Doe 11, filed a civil suit against the married psychiatrist in Manhattan federal court.

This complaint accuses Jarecki of “coercing her into becoming his modern-day sex slave” after wealthy financial manager Epstein sent her to his “close” friend Jarecki to treat her for depression which she claimed was the cause. result of Epstein's sexual abuse.

The suit alleges that Jarecki was Epstein's “go-to doctor” for his sexual abuse victims. And it is said that Jarecki, then about 80 years old, raped the accuser during her first visit with him.

In his statement Wednesday in response to the complaint, Jarecki said: “False accusations were made against me by lawyers seeking money on behalf of a woman with whom I had a consensual, non-secret, mutually exclusive relationship. respectful more than a decade ago, when she was a successful professional in her late 20s.

“I never engaged in abusive behavior with her or anyone else,” Jarecki said. “I will challenge these blatantly false claims in the appropriate forum.”

Brad Edwards, the accuser's lawyer, wrote in an email to CNBC: “A 'consensual' relationship to describe a patient 60 years his junior, mentioned by Jeffrey Epstein and known to be a victim of sexual abuse , is a creative “defense”. ,' if nothing else.”

The lawsuit against Jarecki alleges he raped the accuser multiple times from 2011 to December 2014, and eventually forced her to have sex with other men while he watched.

The lawsuit seeks unspecified damages for sexual battery, sex trafficking and intentional infliction of emotional distress.

Jarecki, an assistant professor at the Yale School of Medicine, received last year
the Pardes Humanitarian Prize in mental health awarded by the Brain & Behavior Research Foundation.

He and his son Andrew Jarecki, a documentary filmmaker, in 1999 sold the online ticketing site Moviefone, which they had co-founded, to AOL for nearly $390 million in stock.

Epstein, 66, committed suicide in a Manhattan federal prison in August 2019, a month after he was arrested on child sex trafficking charges in New York.

Numerous women have accused Epstein of sexually assaulting them at his large home on Manhattan's Upper East Side, on his private island in the U.S. Virgin Islands and at his residence in New Mexico.

Epstein was a former friend of Donald Trump, Bill Clinton, Britain's Prince Andrew and other wealthy celebrities and businessmen.